Explore the beautiful beaches, bays, harbors, marshes, and ponds of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard from your kayak.
Twenty-five exciting trips cover the entire Cape from Falmouth to Provincetown, including renowned Cape Cod National Seashore. Five more trips are devoted to the island of Martha's Vineyard. The scenic routes range from short paddles suitable for families with children to all-day excursions for adventurous kayakers. Along the way you will be thrilled by the wonderful landscape, native plants, and bird life that attract millions of visitors yearly to Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard from around the world. You can even camp under the stars on Washburn Island, accessible only by boat.
By:
David Weintraub
Imprint: Wilderness Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Second Edition
Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 311g
ISBN: 9780899972930
ISBN 10: 0899972934
Series: Adventure Kayaking
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 23 August 2001
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard Using This Guidebook Where to Get More Information PART I: CAPE COD Chapter 1: Barnstable Trip 1—Barnstable Harbor to Sandy Neck Trip 2—Cotuit, West, and North Bays Chapter 2: Bourne Trip 3—Bassetts Island Chapter 3: Brewster Trip 4—Cliff and Little Cliff Ponds Trip 5—Walkers Pond and Upper Millpond Chapter 4: Chatham Trip 6—Fish Pier to Crows Pond Trip 7—Oyster Pond to Little Mill Pond Chapter 5: Dennis Trip 8—Sesuit Harbor to Quivett Creek Chapter 6: Eastham Trip 9—Great Pond Trip 10—Nauset Marsh Chapter 7: Falmouth Trip 11—Waquoit Bay and Washburn Island Chapter 8: Harwich Trip 12—Herring River Trip 13—Long Pond Chapter 9: Mashpee Trip 14—Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds Trip 15—Popponesset Bay and the Mashpee River Chapter 10: Orleans Trip 16—Little Pleasant Bay Trip 17—Town Cove to Nauset Beach Chapter 11: Provincetown Trip 18—Provincetown Harbor and Long Point Chapter 12: Sandwich Trip 19—Scorton Creek Chapter 13: Truro Trip 20—Pamet River and Harbor Chapter 14: Wellfleet Trip 21—Duck Creek Trip 22—Great Island Trip 23—Gull, Higgins, and Williams Ponds Trip 24—Lieutenant Island and Blackfish Creek Chapter 15: Yarmouth Trip 25—Lewis Bay and Great Island PART II: MARTHA’S VINEYARD Chapter 16: Martha’s Vineyard Trip 26—Cape Poge Bay Trip 27—Edgartown Great Pond Trip 28—Katama Bay Trip 29—Sengekontacket Pond Trip 30—Tisbury Great Pond Appendix 1—Selected Reading Appendix 2—Information Sources Index
David Weintraub is a writer, editor, and photographer based in South Carolina and Massachusetts. Since the early 1950s he has spent summers in Wellfleet on Cape Cod. He is an avid hiker, skier, and kayaker. Weintraub's photographs have been published in numerous books and magazines, including Audubon, Backpacker, Sierra, and Smithsonian. He has authored six guidebooks for Wilderness Press.
